Pine Toad

Pine Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Bufo
Species:	B. occidentalis
Binomial name
*Bufo occidentalis* Camerano, 1879

Synonyms
Bufo monksiae Cope, 1879 Cranopsis occidentalis

The Pine Toad (Bufo occidentalis) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and rivers.

References

Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Bufo occidentalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
Frost, Darrel; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, Julián; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, Célio F.B.; De Sá, Rafael O.; Channing, Alan et al. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.